Desk adjunct



Bv C. HAMM DESK ADJUNCT Filed June 24, 1.929

Patented Oct. 18, 1932 UNITED STATES IBERTRAM HAMM, OF CAMBRIDGE,MASSACHUSETTS DESK ADJUNCT Application filed. June 24,

This invention relates to a desk having a top, and a thin slide movablein a guideway under an end portion of the top and usually between thetop and an upper drawer, the

slide being adapted to be retracted and stored under the top, andprojected therefrom for use, and adapted toserve as a support forarticles laid on its upper surface when the slide is projected.

The object of the invention is to .enable the slide to serve also as aholder intended i to be frequently consulted by the user of the desk,said cards being for example, leaves of acard indeX, the construction ofthe slide being such that the cards are movable with the slide toretracted and projected positions, the slide and cards supported therebyconstituting a desk adjunct having two functions, one of which is tosupport articles laid on the slide when it is projected, and the otherto enable the user of the desk to conveniently manipulate and inspectthe cards.

Of the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a desk and a slide thelctter being shown by dotted lines in its projected position.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary section on line 22 of Figure 1, the slidebeing shown in its projected position and provided with cards.

Figure 3 is a perspective View, showing the slide provided with adisplaceable top.

Figure 4 is a section on line 44 of Figure 3. r

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional and perspective View, showing aportion of the slide and portions of cards engaged therewith. Y I

'"' Figures 6 and 7 are perspective views of the adjunct, showingdifferent arrangements. The same reference characters indicate the 8same parts in all of the figures.

, In the drawing, a designates a desk top,

45 below an end portion of which is a runway tal displacement, and topermit upward dis- 1929. Serial in. 373,099.

I), located between the top and an upper drawer-c, the describedconstruction being common and well known, the runway being formedto'guide a relatively. thin slide to a retracted position and to aprojected position.

In carrying out my invention I provide a slide movable in the runway b,and comprising a bottom portion12, sidewalls '14:, and end walls 15,each upstanding from the 5 bottom, :said bottom and walls defining an 1upwardly opening recess in the slide. In otherwords, the slide is formedas a shallow drawer formed to move-in the runway and adapted to containcards 16 and permit displacement and inspection of the same when the.slide is projected. A.

Each card bears at one end on the bottom, and is inclined so that itsopposite end is abovethe bottom and within the recess, to permit thehousing and projection of the cards with the slide," the cards being inover- 7 lap-ping relation to each other, as shown. Each card 16 isadapted to be displaced upwardly "from a card normally overlappedthereby. Loose cards 16a may be interposed between theoverla'pp-ingcards 16.

- It will be seen that the recessed slide is adapted to confine thecards against horizonplacement thereof, so that the user mayconveniently inspect indicia associated with the cards.

It will also be seen that the cards 16, when arranged in overlappingrelation, are adapted to support articles laid loosely on the slide,although if desired, the slide may be provided with a movable top 18,adapted to cover the cards 16, as shown by Figures 3 and 4. Said top is,in this instance, movable in grooves in the walls 15.

The slide may have an extension 12a, projecting inwardly from the innerwall 15, as shown by Figures 2, 3 and 4, so that the slide issuificiently supported when projected, to

fully expose the recess and the cards therein. Said extension may have astop member 1%, adapted to abut a fixed stop member 120, when the slideis fully projected.

The cards 16 may be arranged to extend lengthwise of the slide, as shownby Figures 2, 3, 4:, 5 and 7, or crosswise of the slide, as shown byFigure 6.

The slide recess may be formed in a plurality of parts separated fromeach other by transverse partitions 19, so that the adjunct mayinclude'a plurality of sets of cards 15, as shown by Figure 6.

The cards 16 may be connected at their inner ends with the slide in anysuit-able way, as by ribs 21 on the walls 14, engaging notches 22 in thecards, as indicated by Figure 5.

It will be seen that the side surfaces of the cards may bear anysuitable informative indicia, and that they collectively present aninformative area much greater than that of the slide, so that the deskuser may, while in the usual desk-using position, and without movingtherefrom, obtain a wider range of information than would be otherwiseobtainable.

I claim:

An office deskof the type used by a person in a seated position havingsuperposed drawers beside the position occupied by the seated user ofthe desk, and a slide arranged between the desk top and the uppermostone of such drawers adapted to be either pulled out and serve as asupport or to be pushed in under the desk top out of the way,distinguished by the fact that in place of such slide is substituted ashallow drawer of substantially the same dimensions as the slide adaptedto occupy the recess provided for the slide and to be pulled out andpushed in, combined with cards or the like occupying the drawer inoverlapping relationship, adapted to be raised for inspection of matternoted on the cards, but when lying in normal position being whollycontained within theinterior space of the drawer.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

' BERTRAM C. HAMM.

